Posted By
Najib
Sep 30, 2013 08:01
The driver was drunk and ran into the cyclists killing Roy Nasr and injuring two others and he gets one month of jail time? Is this some kind of sick joke? That's unfreaking unbelievable! I really don't get it how a reckless idiot who kills a triathlon champion, a loving husband and a father of two like Roy gets jailed for one month and banned from driving for 3 months only. Someone should appeal this…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 30, 2013 08:22
Picture from TheBeirutReport Construction works at Beirut's Roman Hippodrome that were suspended last year by the Shura Council, are set to resume after the Ministry of Culture "has approved construction across the remaining hippodrome grounds, so long as the developer reintegrates the wall into the basement level of the luxury housing development." I am not sure how much of the wall will be preserved nor how the Shura Council decision was overruled, but it's quite…
Critiques
12 years ago
I’ve already posted about the dangers of stray bullets and the need to ban celebratory gunfire in Lebanon once and for all. That’s not something so difficult to implement yet nothing is being done about ...
Critiques
12 years ago
Source: CNN I was asked to comment on the Naval Yard Shooting in Washington that took place last week by the Washington Post Beirut correspondent and my remarks were featured in the below [article]. In ...
Critiques
12 years ago
Source: Carol Maalouf I posted almost a week ago about the huge life threatening pot hole that emerged out of nowhere in the middle of the Jal el Dib highway. I also wondered whether the ...
Critiques
12 years ago
Radwan Mourtada from Al-Akhbar put dynamite sticks and hand grenades in his car and roamed around Beirut, visiting malls and passing by Army and Hezbollah checkpoints in Dahieh. He wanted to test the efficiency of ...
Critiques
12 years ago
Source: Al-Monitor I’ve mentioned on several occasions the need to give municipalities increased responsibilities to enhance security and lower the crime rate in Lebanon, and it looks like it’s finally happening now due to the ...
Critiques
12 years ago
I’d rather see kids go to concerts than hold guns and fight Few days before the Creamfields concert got cancelled, I was asked by someone on Twitter to join some Facebook event asking to postpone ...
Critiques
12 years ago
Picture from Al-Akhbar The Economic Committees in Lebanon, which constitute the private sector groups, as well as all the Lebanese banks are closing tomorrow to demand the immediate formation of a Cabinet. Most people I ...
Critiques
12 years ago
Celebratory gunfire is a great threat to unaware individuals and houses as the falling bullets can ricochet off walls, break through glass windows and occasionally cause injuries or tragic deaths. The last victim is a ...
